Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

The next morning, after breakfast, the group went to a nearby village. When Su Ziling was killing insects, he mentioned a few words about fermenting manure. Unexpectedly, the village chief was quite interested and asked a few more questions.

Seeing that he was interested, Su Ziling did not hesitate to explain it to him in detail twice. Later, he actually learned to ferment it by himself.

Seeing the village head fermenting the rice, many villagers followed suit. Two days ago, when Shen Xingye sent people to notify the village heads to come to the county, he found that they had already fermented the rice.

After Su Ziling heard about it last night, he decided to come over today to see how they were doing. By the time they were done, the village heads would probably have arrived at the county government office.

When the time comes, we will find a village together and teach them how to ferment manure. It is impossible to teach them just by talking, we need to practice it in practice.

"Miss Su, you're here!" The village chief was quite excited when he saw Su Ziling. "Come on, come on, come in."

Su Ziling smiled and said, "You're welcome, old man. I heard that you guys were fermenting manure, so we came here today to see how it was going."

When I entered the yard, I looked up and saw a few strings of yellow corn hanging on their door. There were a few worm holes occasionally, but it was nothing serious. The only difference was that the corns were much smaller than those in their village.

"Huh? This year's corn harvest is great!"

The village chief was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He asked his wife to get some water while replying to Su Ziling, "Well, it's not bad. Thanks to your medicine, Miss Su, the corn was not damaged by insects. In addition, we threw manure twice according to the time you said. Hey, you know what, the size of the corn this year is much bigger than in previous years."

"The corn kernels are also much fuller. We have pigs, cows, and chickens at home, so we have saved some manure. We also threw manure in previous years, but the corn kernels are only slightly better than before. However, the harvest is much less than this year. Isn't that strange?"

Su Ziling asked about the time when they threw manure, then smiled and said, "You threw manure twice in previous years, but the time was wrong. From what you said, you threw it too late the first time, and the corn seedlings were already lacking in fertilizer. Naturally, the effect was not as good as this year."

"Another thing is that you didn't throw the manure after it rained, but when it didn't rain and the ground was dry, the manure was too dry. You threw the manure before it rained, and if there was not enough rain, the rainwater would not be able to penetrate the manure, and the corn seedlings would naturally not be able to absorb nutrients."

"The second time you threw it was also too late. You have to throw it when the corn is about to bloom. You should hurry up after it rains so that the nutrients can catch up. When did you throw it? You should throw it when the corn is about to bloom."

"Of course it's too late. The corn has already flowered, and it takes a certain amount of time for it to absorb nutrients. You threw it too late, and by the time it absorbs the nutrients, the corn kernels are basically pulped, so the effect is naturally halved."

The village chief suddenly understood after hearing this. He scratched his head and said, "That seems to be the case. Hehe, after hearing what you said, I think that all my years of farming are in vain."

"The most important thing is to seize the right time to throw the manure. You used to throw dry manure, but the fermented manure we use is different from dry manure. The fermented manure can be used for irrigation even if it doesn't rain, but you need to be careful that the manure does not touch the roots of the corn."

"When watering, keep the manure at least three or four inches away from the roots of the corn. If the roots touch the manure, they will be easily burned by the sun, and then they will rot from the roots."

"So this is ah!"

The village chief's eyes widened. "No wonder. I was wondering why some corns were growing well at first, but died from the roots for no reason a few days later. I thought there was some kind of insect again, so I pulled a few plants out to check, but there was nothing. Fortunately, only a few plants died."

Su Ziling added: "But you also need to pay attention to the time when watering the manure. You can only water it in the morning. It is not allowed during the day when the sun is too strong, as it can easily burn the corn."

"We know this. We also watered it in the morning. Miss Su, when are you free to come and check on my manure? I feel that my manure is not as well fermented as others."

"Yes, yes, mine is the same, the color is not as deep as others."

At some point, a lot of people started standing in the yard. Su Ziling sat with his back to the gate, and he and the village chief were both teaching carefully and listening attentively, so they didn't really notice anyone coming outside the door.

Hearing their voices, Su Ziling turned around and saw that there were suddenly seven or eight more people.

The village chief stood up and said, "When did you come? I didn't even notice you. Why didn't you call me?"

"Hey, I've been here for a while. My wife went out to wash clothes. When she saw Miss Su coming, she came back to tell me that our families are close, so she came over."

"Yes, we just arrived not long ago, so we didn't interrupt Miss Su."

"It's okay," Su Ziling stood up and smiled at everyone, "We are here today to see how everyone's manure is fermenting. There's no rush. Let's go door to door and check it out."

"Uncle, let's start with your house." Su Ziling looked at the village chief standing beside him.

"Oh, oh, sure." The village chief was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He walked in front and led the way. "My manure pit is dug outside the house. It smells a bit strong, and I'm afraid chickens and ducks will fall into it, so I covered it with a board."

"Sure. Covering the space with a board will make it relatively more closed, which is conducive to fermentation," Su Ziling followed behind him, with Lu Yan and Shen Xingye following on his left and right, and behind them were the villagers.

"After we have seen it today, we probably won't have time to come back later because we still have many villages and counties to visit. So if there are still people in the village who don't understand or don't know how to do it, please help teach them, old man."

It is definitely not enough to rely on them to teach one by one. We still have to rely on everyone, the power of the masses, and spread the knowledge from person to person, and people teach people. This is the fastest way.

If we rely on her alone, it would take who knows how long it will take to teach.

The village chief nodded repeatedly, "Well, this is natural. Don't worry about this, Miss Su. We are all neighbors, so we will not hide anything. Even if it is from the next village, we will teach if someone asks."

"Not only that, your relatives, your aunts and uncles, and your wife's family can also help teach if they have time."

Su Ziling said with a wry smile, pointing to the sky, "This is assigned by the higher-ups. They said that before planting this year, everyone must learn how to ferment manure. Not only must everyone learn, but they must also ferment manure. In addition, we must change our planting methods this year."

"Change the planting method?" Everyone was confused.

"It's like this. Our current traditional planting method has a very low yield. We have developed a new planting method that can increase the yield by about 20% compared to our traditional planting method. If it is combined with manure, it is estimated that the yield can be increased by 25% to 30%."

"So time is a bit tight, so I have to ask everyone for help."

At this time, everyone's minds are full of changes in planting methods. The yield can be increased by about 20%. If manure is fermented, it may be increased by about 25%.

Not to mention anything else, even if it increases by 20%, at the very least, wouldn't this acre of land produce an extra 40 to 50 kilograms?

Those ten acres of land...

Wow, if you don’t count it, you won’t know. With a quick calculation, it can be an extra four or five hundred kilograms!